1. Freedom Summer The Summer Of 1964

2. In prevented many African Americans from voting. The NAACP & College students from the north help the African Americans gain the rights to vote. What Happened

3. African-Americans in South had to take literacy tests. Voting committee founund a way to make them fail. Registration

4. People in the south also forced to pay a Poll tax White people paid less than African- Americans Poll Taxes

5. While Congress was working on the Civil Rights Act- African American and white volunteers went south to help Police in south didn’t protect them Volunteers

6. Three CORE workers, Andrew Goodman, Mickey Schwerner,and James Chaney were killed in June 1964. Danger in Mississippi

7. Killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan Deaths of the 3 workers brought national attention to the problems Civil Rights workers faced in the South Danger in Mississippi cont.

8. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, 1965 Passing the Voting Rights Act

9. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperienc e/films/1964/player/ http://courses.education.illinois.edu/ci407s s/freedomsummer.html http://courses.education.illinois.edu/ci407s s/freedomsummer.html Sources

10. Chen,Yong American History Globe Fearon Pearson Education,Inc.,2003. Print. Sources cont.